Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-02
2:27 Class-Purse $1 ,00O divided, $500, $250, $50

First heat-At the pools before this race Spoford was selling as the favorite for s75, ! with J. Q. as second choice for $50 and Kite foot for $40, Bessie for $15 and Charles Hil- ! ton for $10, there being no field selling. | Before the start Kitefoot was awarded the | pole, with Spoford second, Charles Hilton ! third, Bessie fourth and J. Q. on the outside. | At the start Kitefoot took the lead and at ! the quarter was trotting sulky length ahead of Bessie who was second, while J. c. was l way in the rear. On the half Kitefoot pulled several lengths ahead of Bessie, while the other horses were punched trying for third place. On the stretch Bessie drew up on Kitefoot, but the latter passed under the wire length ahead of her winning the heat easily. Directly after this heat Driver John nie Murphy took his seat behind Major Dickenson's team of Lady Hugh and Flora Belle, and after trotting mile for warm ing heat started the horses on the second mile, but came back to try again. This time the horses got started in good shape and trotted the mile squarely and without skip, but the time was not very fast, it being for the quarter, :36; half, 1:1114; three-quarters, 1 AT; mile, 2:21L.
 Second heat-Before this heat spofford sold for $40 against the field for $20, but the many takers of the favorite wished they had not done so before the heat was finished. The horses got away in very poor and ragged shape and at the quarter Kitefoot was lead ing, with Charles Hilton second, J. Q. third and Spoford in the rear. Just after the half had been passed J. O., driven by Jack Splan, began to show what he could do and rapidly forged ahead, passing Hilton at the turn, and the four horses came down the stretch togeth- CT, but J. 9. was seen slowly to pull ahead of Kitefoot, and Hilton fell back to fourth, let ting J. Q. finish, first neck ahead of Kite foot, who finished second, with Bessie third. This heat was very fast, the mile being made in 2:1s and the last quarter at a 2:10 gait.
 bi,.l haof- Pofo ic 1noE t1av mained as before, but few were sold. The horses got away in good shape and before the the lead, with J. Q. second and Kitefoot third, but on the half J. Q. took first place and Spofford, who was trotting fourth, spread and came up into second place, and at the half took the lead, while J. Q. dropped back to second and Kite foot took third. At the turn J. Q. once more began to draw up, and before the wire was reached had passed Spofford winning the heat by about neck, the latter coming in second This time was the fastest being 2:171 IA After this heat there was consid- erable talk that the race was sold, and that Spofford was on the books to win, J. Q. only trotting the fast heat to show what he could do, and it was said that if Spofford won it would cost his packers cool thousand. The heat had it's effect on the pools, however, and J. Q. sold for $75 against the field for $40.
 Fourth heat-It was seen from the start that J. Q. could not win the heat, as she fell back to third place at the quarter and before the half was reached had taken last place, whiie Bessie was leading with Spoford sec- ond and Charles Hilton working up to third place. On the turn, however, Spofford pass ed Bessie and took the lead, Charles Hilton coming into second place, and in this order the horses went under the wire, Spofford winning the heat with Hilton second. After this heat the starter declared for some reason unknown that the pools were all declared off.
 Fifth heat-This heat J. O. was the last starter, but at the quarter he was trotting third with Hilton first and Spofford second. On the half J. Q. pushed up to the lead, which she held during the remainder of the heat, winning it as we'll as the race and first money, while Kitefoot finished second, Spof- ford and Hilton having fallen back, caused by bad breaking.
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